Susan McKenzie
@susanamck.bsky.social
Walker, traveller, eater. Casual photographer, not a bad cook. Also a CBC Radio Producer based in Montreal. Views are my own, so is the red hair. She/her/elle.
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Stop anthropomorphizing the word prediction algorithm. It is synthesizing things humans previously said to predict what a human would say in a given situation. It is not thinking. Any meaning behind its words is imposed from without by human users, not generated from within like human thought.
oh man. I like Gideon but, dude, no.
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Stop anthropomorphizing the word prediction algorithm. It is synthesizing things humans previously said to predict what a human would say in a given situation. It is not thinking. Any meaning behind its words is imposed from without by human users, not generated from within like human thought.
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Claudette Colvin is an icon of American history.
It was an honor to be her neighbor and attend her memorial last week at Abyssinian Baptist Church alongside her family.
As we continue to uplift her story, let us honor Ms. Colvin by living the way she did: with courage.
It was an honor to be her neighbor and attend her memorial last week at Abyssinian Baptist Church alongside her family.
As we continue to uplift her story, let us honor Ms. Colvin by living the way she did: with courage.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Claudette Colvin is an icon of American history.
It was an honor to be her neighbor and attend her memorial last week at Abyssinian Baptist Church alongside her family.
As we continue to uplift her story, let us honor Ms. Colvin by living the way she did: with courage.
It was an honor to be her neighbor and attend her memorial last week at Abyssinian Baptist Church alongside her family.
As we continue to uplift her story, let us honor Ms. Colvin by living the way she did: with courage.
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Oui, il y a eu un vrai mariage pendant le spectacle de Bad Bunny à la mi-temps du Super Bowl.
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Oui, il y a eu un vrai mariage pendant le spectacle de Bad Bunny à la mi-temps du Super Bowl
Il y avait même un vrai gâteau.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Oui, il y a eu un vrai mariage pendant le spectacle de Bad Bunny à la mi-temps du Super Bowl.
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@npr categorizing an elite athlete as "extreme" because they are trying not to get Covid ahead of the pinnacle of their athletic career is ... a choice. Ditto "some athletes still self-quarantining." Oh you mean like the ones who could not compete in 2022 because they had Covid? Those ones?
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
@npr categorizing an elite athlete as "extreme" because they are trying not to get Covid ahead of the pinnacle of their athletic career is ... a choice. Ditto "some athletes still self-quarantining." Oh you mean like the ones who could not compete in 2022 because they had Covid? Those ones?
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Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Since the early days of the space program, astronauts have quarantined before missions because any illness could be disastrous. It’s eminently logical — not “extreme” — for athletes who’ve trained their WHOLE LIVES for one event to take similar precautions in order to stay in peak physical condition
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Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
February 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Fausses nouvelles : Au moins sept pages Facebook désinforment les partisans du Tricolore. Et ce n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg.
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Fausses nouvelles : les partisans du CH pris pour cible
Radio-Canada a répertorié au moins sept pages Facebook qui désinforment les partisans du Canadien de Montréal. Et ce n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Fausses nouvelles : Au moins sept pages Facebook désinforment les partisans du Tricolore. Et ce n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
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Coupures d’électricité et pénuries: mise en garde pour les Canadiens en voyage à Cuba
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Coupures d’électricité et pénuries: mise en garde pour les Canadiens en voyage à Cuba
«La situation est imprévisible et pourrait se détériorer, perturbant la disponibilité des vols à court préavis.»
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February 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Coupures d’électricité et pénuries: mise en garde pour les Canadiens en voyage à Cuba
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Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
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I very much appreciate my colleague Adrian Florido bearing witness to a terrible loss from his neighborhood. I did not want to listen to this, because I knew it would be heartbreaking, but I’m glad I did.
🔊 Listen Now: He sold me fresh fruit for years. I was there when immigration agents took him
All Things Considered on NPR One | 4:16
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January 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I very much appreciate my colleague Adrian Florido bearing witness to a terrible loss from his neighborhood. I did not want to listen to this, because I knew it would be heartbreaking, but I’m glad I did.
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Des employés de VIA Rail se demandent «si le train va fonctionner cette fois-ci»: les nouveaux trains Siemens qui ont coûté 1 G$ tombent souvent en panne
Des employés de VIA Rail se demandent «si le train va fonctionner cette fois-ci»: les nouveaux trains Siemens qui ont coûté 1 G$ tombent souvent en panne
Les nouveaux trains Siemens de VIA Rail éprouvent déjà des problèmes techniques.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Des employés de VIA Rail se demandent «si le train va fonctionner cette fois-ci»: les nouveaux trains Siemens qui ont coûté 1 G$ tombent souvent en panne
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it's still perfect.
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The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
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January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
it's still perfect.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgM...
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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Hello from Portland Maine, where 88 of about 550 kids were absent from my youngest’s middle school yesterday, hiding from ICE.
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Hello from Portland Maine, where 88 of about 550 kids were absent from my youngest’s middle school yesterday, hiding from ICE.
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✌️❤️🇨🇦
Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum
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January 21, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen on the sovereignty of Greenlanders, the greed in the US, and how they view their land. Also comments on how the US treated Natives, as a very good reason to not want to be a part of the US.
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‘Big Miscalculation’: Greenlandic Politician Warns Trump Over Bid to Take Arctic Island | APT
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January 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen on the sovereignty of Greenlanders, the greed in the US, and how they view their land. Also comments on how the US treated Natives, as a very good reason to not want to be a part of the US.
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There are a number of efforts to preserve old footage and stories from the Chicago hardcore, emo and punk scenes of the 90s and early 2000s that are very exciting. One is The Fireside Tapes Youtube channel with early Midwest emo shows from the Fireside Bowl.
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The Fireside Tapes
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January 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
There are a number of efforts to preserve old footage and stories from the Chicago hardcore, emo and punk scenes of the 90s and early 2000s that are very exciting. One is The Fireside Tapes Youtube channel with early Midwest emo shows from the Fireside Bowl.
www.youtube.com/@thefireside...
www.youtube.com/@thefireside...
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CAQ minister Geneviève Guilbault leaving politics at the end of her term montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
CAQ minister Geneviève Guilbault leaving politics at the end of her term montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
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My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
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January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At least 16,500 protesters have died, and 330,000 have been injured, in the most brutal crackdown by the clerical regime in its 47-year existence.
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
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January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
At least 16,500 protesters have died, and 330,000 have been injured, in the most brutal crackdown by the clerical regime in its 47-year existence.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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New from me: There's some context missing from all of the conversation about Lynn Jones Turpin, the Black journalist who went viral for her words to the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach
What’s missing from the online discourse about the viral Jacksonville Jaguars interview
The Black Press never agreed to conform to the mainstream media’s ideal of “objectivity.”
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January 12, 2026 at 7:22 PM
New from me: There's some context missing from all of the conversation about Lynn Jones Turpin, the Black journalist who went viral for her words to the Jacksonville Jaguars head coach
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New Zealand’s Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and persistence made it happen.
‘I Am the River’: How Indigenous Knowledge Reshaped New Zealand’s Law - Inside Climate News
The Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and persistence made it happen.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
New Zealand’s Whanganui River is officially a living being and legal person. Māori leaders explain how Indigenous knowledge and persistence made it happen.